Jar sealer



May 29, 1928. 1,671,585

A. M. VHOLM ET AL JAR SEALER Filed April 5, 1924 .Patented May 29, 1928. v

for use in sealing fruit jars or the like.

/ xE L M."HQLM'A1\TD Application iil'edApril ,"This; invention relatestoa jar sealer and has for its object to provide a. novel device Anotherobject'is to provide a device of this "character ,wh1ch is made from onep ece ofmaterial, is simple in .constructionand easily manufactured.-

vice'which v without the necessity of providing a hold;

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conditions arise.

A; further object is to provide sucha demay beoperated solely bypressure exerted through the palm ofthehand for the'fingers.

While we have referred above to fruit ars, it is to be understood thatour device y no means limited to use with such jars is designed for usewherever similar isb In the drawingsvforming a part of this 7 Ispecification jar.

caps to fruit j a Fig. 1 is an elevation of a portion of a with oursealer 1n place thereon. a I F 1g. 2 1s a lOIlgllllldlHEll section ofour jsealer. a Y Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof, and

1 a showing how-our ,fF 1g. 4 isa plan of a piece'of material sealer maybe blanked out therefrom. I v 5 Itis commonly known that in applying rsand the like atight seal is made diflic'ult because of'irregularities inthe flange of the cap 0r in the 'glassof the ar and our device isintended to remove such irregularities or to fill them up If they occurin the, glass of the jar.

j a 1 designates a'portion of a glass jar of the iwellknown Ball type onwhich'is placed a' sealing ring 2 and cap 3, all of conventional design.Usually such cap has irregularities, as exemplified at 4, which preventa tight seal. w I

Our improved sealer is designated generally at 5 and comprises a bodyportionfi and depending lugs 7 Thebody is formed to allowa clearancebetween the same and the top of the jar cap to allowthesealer to g beoperated freely on the cap Without conthat point. The bod the palmof'the hand, Fig. '1, so that an tween the cap and prevent friction. V Iv 1 *As shown in Fig. 4, the blanks for our sealer may be cut with agreat economy of tacting with the cap, to prevent friction at evenpressure on the peripheral fia-n'geoff the jar cap is assured and aclearance be-. the body is maintained to material from one piece 8 ofsuitable mate'- CARL 0. uss, or

' which we shall term the at'this point. Thelolanks I v the cup formshown in Figs. "1,2.and-3, thus completing the finished 1 able support."It

of the cap willinotaffect the our invention, as there is ample space"p'ro the surface.

MOLINE, 'ILLinoIs;

v JAR SEALERQ 1924. Serial n 703,922. a 1

riahg uring this cutting the lugs? are cut with, their, extre1nities on-[a; curved line I peripheral curve. We then provide theextremities ofthe "lugs T with, curves trans curves 9, as'shown at side edges of thelugs are'curvediorarcshaped as at 12 to provide a substantially?verselyv to the peripheral" 10.; Theoutside edges l of thelugs arestraight as "at 11 and the inshar ed e 13 for smoothin or ironin out thejar'ca'p flange" and clear-ancebetween the outside of the cap edge.where'itjoins the'flange and-the insideedgeofthe lugs to eliminatefriction for :maintaining a article. tion the sealer is'heldin the'gphand. and placed in position on the depending the sealer being "disposedabove thei'top of the cap and'spaced therefrom. By this 'Inopera' almof'the the. jar, as. f shown inFigfl, the ar.resting onfanysuit- I willbe obviou'sjthatthe' 'sealeris supported'in' position :entirelybyf'j.lugs/7', the bodyportiondof? a means-any variation in theve'rtic'alheight operation of vided between the, inside ofthe body portion 6and'the extremities of the ceive any of'the standard sized caps. Pres v sureis applied by bearing given to the sealer. "T

he friction between the palm andthe topo down withthe palm of the'ha'ndand a turning movement v a f thefsealer s suliicient without any holdingmeans being pro-- vided although,

roughening to be entirely unnecessary. no: tation of the v v or aifrregularities [1n the glass under the ring 2 are present, the pressureonthe sealerwill cause the metal of the I 100 force the rubber ofthemember-Q into such jar cap 3, which it is well known is soft, to

provided character,

if made of and "can be very cheaply an extremely-effective seal fort-heI if'desired, we may roughen'j- I However,we have found such 5 a a psealer will smooth out the i1" v regularities, 4,.

irregularities in the {jar and hold it there.

the above'descripa jar sealer of Yj made-entirely a metal is ,prac-v I70f are then-b n V be ea sily'appliecl "the palm 0f the 1 Of" heet fo md ifi": P@ m 1 h han nd,

manufactu 'ed Fiirthermore, the sealer; can operated by pressure fromhand only, and easily 're'-'- moved.

the invention and .We reserve the right to r'n'akall such changes asfairly fall'Within v the scope ofthe-following claim'z- I 'A jar sealerformed; from a single piece metalcoihprising, a concave body dewhwaidlydisposed lugs ifitegraliy formed is f on saidfbocly, the outered'ge'sbfsaid lugs being straight and the inner t0- smooth 7 out any said bodyand, the top 0 i theja-r cap, said lugs" being ctirved'tdconfdrm withthe shape of the jar capand spaced therefrom to pro- Yiiie aclearancebet 'ween the o u'tsildeof the Jar cap and; the inside of fihejlugs}AXEI; I-IOLM.

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v edges being V 1armeliaped.;t [engagethefia lg of a ja p a I ridgesinsaid cap, said bddy" formed t0 'allow a clearance vbetween

